Early origins of Islamic activism in Algeria

The case of Khaled in Post-World War I Algiers

Bibliographic Data

ID4952974
AuthorsLizabeth Zack (corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume11
Issue2
Pages205-217
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629380600704894
OpenAlexW2007140696
LanguageEN
References cited11

This article examines a surge of Islamic activism in French-occupied Algeria in the wake of World War I by focusing closely on the political career of a leading Islamic activist, Khaled Abd Al Qadir. Scholars have debated Khaled's credentials as an early ‘Algerian’ nationalist but have taken for granted his Islamic identity as a natural by-product of a suppressed native culture and an Islamic revival in the wider Middle East. While these background conditions were important, they do not explain some of the specific patterns associated with Khaled's Islamic activism. Using insights from social movement theory, this article focuses especially on the role of French government-sponsored reforms in 1919 in fostering the surge of Islamic activism in Algeria. The article concludes by challenging ideas about the origins of Islamic activism in Algeria and by highlighting the connection between democratisation and the rise of religious politics in contemporary Algeria and other regimes around the world

Democracy · Democratization · Government (linguistics · Identity (music · Islam · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Social movement theory · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature

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